infidelis
ὅπλον μέγιστόν ἐστιν ἡ ἀρετή βροτοῖς → man's greatest weapon is virtue, virtue is the greatest weapon for mortals
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
in-fĭdēlis: e, adj.,
I that cannot be relied upon, unfaithful, faithless.
I In gen. (rare but class.): si hoc sibi sument, nullam esse fidem, quae infideli data sit, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 106: Bellovaci, qui ante erant per se infideles, Caes. B. G. 7, 59: non infideles arbitrae Nox et Diana, Hor. Epod. 5, 50: obsecro, infidelior mihi ne fuas, quam ego sum tibi, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 83: ut ex infidelissimis (sociis) firmissimos redderem, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 14: silex ad structuram infidelis, Plin. 36, 22, 49, § 169: infidelis recti magister est metus, Plin. Pan. 45.—
II In partic., in eccl. Lat., unbelieving, infidel: Christiani, Salv. de Gub. 5 init.—Adv.: in-fĭdēlĭter, faithlessly, perfidiously: nec me minus putarem reprehendendum, si inutiliter aliquid senatui suaserim quam si infideliter, Cic. Brut. 2, 1, 2; Vulg. Isa. 21, 2. —Sup.: infidelissime, Salv. contra Avar. 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
īnfĭdēlis,¹² e, sur qui l’on ne peut compter, peu sûr, infidèle, inconstant, changeant : Pl. Capt. 442 ; Cic. Off. 3, 106 ; Cæs. G. 7, 59 || [Eccl.] infidèle, mécréant : Salv. Gub. 5 || -lior Pl. Capt. 443 ; -issimus Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 14.
